Wow, just got home from a double shift. A lot has happened today.
I've scrolled the page, not sure if y'all have seen this Virginia power outage yet...
10K customers still without power after storms pass through Hampton Roads
POSTED 6:30 PM, AUGUST 4, 2019, BY WEB STAFF, UPDATED AT 11:51PM, AUGUST 4, 2019
Outages as of 11:45 p.m. Sunday (Photo: Dominion Energy)
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – Thousands of people lost power as storms are continuing to move through Hampton Roads Sunday.
More than 40,000 customers were originally affected by the outages. As of 11:45 p.m., about 10,278 customers are still without power, according to Dominion Energy’s Outage Map.
Below is a list of the number of outages by city:
Chesapeake – 851
Hampton – 532
Isle of Wight – 22
James City – 19
Newport News – 249
Norfolk –227
Poquoson City – 0
Portsmouth –56
Suffolk – 9
Surry – 0
Virginia Beach – 7,516
Williamsburg – 6
York – 1
According to Virginia Beach Police, the area near Virginia Beach Town Center is without power due to a transformer fire in the major distribution grid, which is located behind Mission BBQ at the end of Market Street.
The Virginia Beach Fire Department battalion chief said fire crews and crews with Dominion Power responded to the scene to mitigate the issue.
A Dominion Energy spokesperson told News 3 that people should expect to have their power restored by 3 a.m. Monday.
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From: Virginia Beach PD
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